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Skylab’s last party wasn’t a reunion of the history of DIY @ 57 E. Gay Street.

Last Skylab Party: Friday November 22, 2024

The current Skylab community danced with a reunion of late 90’s techno, Friday November 22, 2024. I ain’t saying 90s Techno wasn’t artistic or involved with Columbus culture.

A Brief Personal SKYLAB Description

Skylab became a cultural epicenter after the BLD closed in the oughts. BLD was a warehouse which large DIY events were attended. Someone involved with Anti-Racist Action lived in some tower near the BLD. We would paint peaces, and watch Teeth of the Hydra, Wolf Eyes, and local noise bands.

Sword Heaven and 16 Bitch Pile-up utilized performance with installations in the BLD which worked with establishing Skylab as the new avant-garde cultural epicenter.

Skylab’s noise scene was extraordinary until later mediocre noise was abandoned for late 90s techno. I wasn’t angry @ techno. I’d rather Titonton than mediocre noise groups.

Which Movement/My Movement

I tried figuring out which era of Skylab would I consider my Skylab era.

I organized a voting event for a NYC Political Action Committee called Downtown4Demoracy in 2004. John Kerry lost. My job: Make voting relevant in counterculture.

I remembered an art show where Mike Carney submitted a ceramic cat as a readymade. Mike wasn’t planning anything. I received a request for Mike for an art show. Mike handed me something from Mike’s living room. My next call: Sleazy. Kayo BSA submitted a canvas which said, “All You Bitches Are The Finest” in cursive with a kitschy housewife background for the same event.

Obama won four months later, in 2008. We bumped “My President’s Black.”

Friday night, I didn’t text Deathly Fighter and request opinions.

Bob Fitrakis talks with Bill Lyons, President of the Ohio Community Rights Network, about the practice of taking radioactive and toxic brine from oil and gas extraction and spreading it on our roads to melt the ice.

Ohio is the 17th State of the United States, 7th in Overall Population, and home to greatness. We're the Mother of Presidents (second only to Virginia), Birthplace of Aviation and Professional Football and Baseball, Home to Amusement Parks like King's Island and Cedar Point, and Home of the First Man to Orbit the Earth and the First Man to Land on the Moon.

Tonight on the Show, in honor of the 218th Anniversary of Ohio achieving Statehood, Songs About Ohio, and Songs Featuring Artists and Bands from Ohio.

PLAYLIST:
“Hang on Sloopy” - The McCoys (Union City, IN/Fort Recovery)
“Cleveland Rocks” - The Presidents of the United States of America
“Stressed Out” - twenty one pilots (Columbus)
“The Banks of the Ohio” - Olivia Newton-John
“Whip It” - Devo (Akron)
“Love Rollercoaster” - The Ohio Players (Dayton)
“Ohio (Intro to song from Wonderful Town)” - Rosalind Russell & Jackie McKeever
“Ohio” - Doris Day (Cincinnati)
“The Cincinnati Kid” - Ray Charles
"WKRP in Cincinnati" - Steve Carlisle
"Youngstown" - Bruce Springsteen
"(Four Dead in) Ohio" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Sway" - Dean Martin (Steubenville)
“I Know What Boys Like” - The Waitresses (Akron)
“Amie” - Pure Prairie League (Columbus, via Waverly)
“Glory” - John Legend (Springfield) & Common
"Beautiful Ohio" - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

SONG CLIPS:
"Come On A My House" - Rosemary Clooney* (Maysville, KY, but discovered at WLW in Cincinnati)
"Beautiful Ohio" - Norma Zimmer & Jimmy Roberts
"Nobody But Me" - The Human Beinz (Youngstown)
"Give Me One Reason" - Tracy Chapman (Cleveland)
"Let It Whip" - Dazz Band (Cleveland)
"Ain't No Sunshine" - Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Columbus)
"Sugartime" - The McGuire Sisters (Cincinnati)
"Go All The Way" - The Raspberries (Cleveland)
"Fast Cars and Freedom" - Rascal Flatts (Columbus)
"The Middle of the Road" - The Pretenders (Akron)
"We Don't Give A Damn" - The Ohio State University Marching Band (TBDBITL, Columbus)